# Accident 19960703015789A: Beech 58, Kinston, NC, July 3, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1996, 02:50 local time
- Place: Kinston, NC
- Airport: Eastern Regional Jetport At Stall
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ISOA
- Location: 35.3526° N, 77.5846° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3526&lon=-77.5846&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23806, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23806-1996-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 161 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA96LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960703015789A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FAITGUED PILOT FELL ASLEEP ON VOR APPROACH. AWAKENED CRASHING IN TREES. CABIN HEATER LEAKING BUT LOW VOLUME.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA96LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA174), Jul 3, 1996: Beech 58 (N23806), Kinston, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain minimum descent altitude (MDA) during approach because of fatigue.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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